Tire.



B. WALTER.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED APRA?, 1912.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

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BENJAMIN WALTERE LIVERMOEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 17, 1912.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913. serial No. 691,292.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WALTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Livermore, inthe county of Westmoreland, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTires; andl I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such .as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tires and particularly to pneumatic tires suchas are employed in connection with automobiles and the like.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a novel tire ofthis character which includes an outer tube and a plurality of inflatedmember completely filling the outer tube and having abutting flat facesprovided with detachable ball and. socket connections therebetween andso arranged that the puncture of one of said tubes will not ldestroy theusefulness or efficiency of e tire.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination .of partsto be hereinafter more fully described `and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer'- ence denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which` Figure 1 is atransverse section through a portion of a tire constructed in accordancewith the invention7 and Fig. 2, a section on,v

the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. l Referring to the drawings 10 indicates the rimof an automobile wheel which has secured thereto 1n the usual manner theouter casing 11. Disposed within the outer casing 11 is a plurality ofinflated members 12 having their abutting faces formed flat and saidmembers completely filling the space within the outer -casing 11. -Thesemembers 12 are arranged in layers and the members in a given layer aredisposed end to end. The faces of those members .l2 which are disposednext to the inner wall of the outer casing 11 are formed curved as at 13so as to produce a continuous surface engaging with the inner walls oft-he outer adjacent flat faces of the members 12 are provided atcorresponding points with coperating elements of a ball and socket joint14. Through the medium of these elements the members 12 which areinflated during manufacture, may be secured together in assembledrelation in an inflated state prior to their insertion in theoutercasing 11. It will also be apparent that the connection betweenadjacent ymembers 12 may be readily released when desired.

From the foregoing construct-ion it will be obvious that there has beenprovided a pneumatic tire vwhich will permit of continued use and at thesame time maint-ain a highldegree of efficiency after being subjected toa puncture that would put an ordinary pneumatic tire out of commission.

What is claimed is:

A tire comprising an outer casing, and a plurality of inflated memberscompletely filling the interior of t-he outer casing, said membershaving their abutting faces Hat and provided at corresponding pointswith coperating elements of a ball and socket joint.

In ltestimony whereof,I ailix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN WALTER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WALTER, Jos. H. WALTER.

M Copies of this patent may be obtai'ned for ve cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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